[Sca-cooks] Is This a Type of Quince?

[Nancy Kiel]

I'm pretty sure that this is NOT a quince---the leaves look way too big, and quince bushes have thorns (and aren't trees).
 

Nancy Kiel nancy_kiel at hotmail.com Never tease a weasel! This is very good advice. For the weasel will not like it And teasing isn't nice.
 

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:31:55 -0500
> From: alysk at ix.netcom.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Is This a Type of Quince?
> 
> Greetings! Can anyone positively identify the type of fruit tree this 
> is? A resident in my retirement community says that it's a quince, but 
> I'm not sure. It grows in the scrub area at the edge of the community. 
> I've looked online, but it appears to be rounder, more globular, than 
> most quince varieties. Here is the link to my Flickr site where this is 
> the first of three photos of "the tree":
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/8311418@N08/8160947226/in/set-72157631799881583/
> 
> Sure hope someone knows!
> 
> Alys K.
> -- 
> Elise Fleming
> alysk at ix.netcom.com
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